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H. AQWAYNE. RAILWAY TIME SIGNAL.

No. 355,850. Patented-Jan. 11, 1 887.

men of the succeeding train the time its pre' elevation of thetime-clock and indicating- ITE TATES H. ALBERT \VAYNE, OF FORT PLAIN,NEW YORK.

RAI LWAY TI M E- SIGNAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,850, dated January11, 1887,

I Application filed June 18, 1886. Serial No. 205,522. (No model.)

To all whom it rncty concern.-

Be it known that I, H. ALBERT WAYNE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Plain, in the county of Montgomery and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway TimeSignals, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to furnish an apparatus fitted forautomatic operation by passing trains, to indicate the time of passage,for the information of the engineer andtrainmen of a following train.

The invention consists of certain new and useful improvements upon thosesecured to me by Letters Patent dated November 16, 1880, and numbered234,634, for time-signals for railways, and embodies the combination ofa usual and ordinary clock with hands and a dial and a clock-movementwithout an 'escapement,that moves the hands of the indicating-dial, andhaving a stop-lever that is released by the passing train, the twoclockmovenients being so connected together by suitable mechanism thatthe indicator-clock remains immovable until a train passes, when it isreleased by an actuating'leverand moves until its indicating-hands catchup with and indicate the clock-time, when it is stopped, therebyindicating to the engineer and traindecessor has passed.-

The construction and operation will be described in reference to theaccompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a general front elevation ofmy apparatus and the connections with one of the rails of the track.Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the clock-movements and a portion oftheirconnecting mechanism. Fig. 3 is a cross-scction on the broken line a: inFig. 2, showing the indicating-clock movement and details of its generalconstruction. Fig. 4 is a plan of the clock-movements and a part of theconnecting mechanism. Fig. 5 is a front or face clock movement with thehands and dial removed. 7

Similar letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts ineach figure and the arrows the direction of motion; and Figs. 6, 7, and8 are enlarged views of portions of Figs. 3, 4, and 5, respectively.

bracket L, (see Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5,) to sup- Referring to thedrawings, A is the housing containing the mechanism, and A is the boxingor casing to protect the lover connecting with the rail V. The upperfront portion of the housing Ais fitted with a semi-transparentclock-dial, a, over which the hour-handb and minute-hand c traverse. Thehands I) and 0 may be protected from injury by a glass, (1, contained ina suitable frame.

The figures .and graduations on the semitransparent clock-dial a, Ipreferably make or color black, and the interior of the case Iilluminate at night byplacing a lamp between the dial a and theclock-movement F, substantially as indicated by 12 in Fig. 3.

There is a door at the rear or back of the housing A, to allow accesstothe mechanism contained therein, and I also provide a small door at oneside of the upper portion of the housing, (which is not shown,) toinsert a lamp to illuminate the dial a at night.

\Vithin the housing Ais a cloclrmovement, B, of which A is the dial.This clock is of the ordinary and usual make-as an illustration, one ofSeth Thomas manufacture-with the central shaft, 0, which operates thehands, lengthened out through the back, (see Fig.4,) so as to receivethe barrel D. (See Figs. 2 and 4.) This barrel D, I provide with flangesE and short pins G, set at equal distances apart.

I also place within the housing A, and upon F. 5 the same plane with theclock-movement B, a clock-movement, F. (See Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.)This clock-movement F has no escapement; but in lieu thereof it isprovided with (and upon the shaft H, that carries the es- I capeinent) afly-wheel, I. This flywheel I (see Figs. 2 and 5) is held in positionand prevented from revolving, when the clockmovement is wound up, by thepawl J on the trip'lever J The lever J and pawl J are held in positionso as to engage the fly-wheel I, by the spiral spring K, allsubstantiallyas shown.

L is an angular lever pivoted upon the port and hold in position intherabbet L of the lever L the outward end of the retaininglever J, therebyallowing the clock-movement to move forward by the elevation of the saidlever J, and consequent disengagement of the pawl J from the arm I,which will hereinafter be more fully described.

- The central shaft, 0, of the clock-movement F, Iextend to the rear asufficient distance,sub stantially as shown, (see Figs. 3 and 4,) toreceive the barrel D, provided with the flanges E and the pins G. Itwill be well here to observe that the barrels D and D are of the samediameter, and the short pins G and G are of the same size and are placedthe same distance apart in each barrel. I usually place four of thesepins G and Gat quarters in the barrels; but this number may be increasedor decreased without changing the nature of my invention.

The central shaft, of the clock-movement F, I extend or lengthen outforward-of the movement, substantially as shown in Fig. 3, and secure itto the rear of the semi-transparent dial-plate a, with the hourandminute gearwheels R to operate the indicating-hands b and c. The shaft 0may be of any desired length, to give ample room between thesemitransparent dial a and the movement F,to i11- sert a lamp and toobtain access to the operating part-s.

Within square perforations M in the bracket M, I place the guide-rod N,provided at its lower end with a suitable box, N, (see Figs. 2 and 3,)to carry and hold the frictionroller 1 (See Figs. 2 and 3.) The upperend of the guide-rod N is provided with a nut, N, to prevent the rod Nfrom passing through the perforations M when not supported in its placeby the endless belt O.- The endless beltO, I make of'ordinary lightrubber belting, or any other suitable material, having perforations toexactly correspond with and to receive the pins G G on the barrels D andD; or the belt 0 may be constructed of a linked metal chain having linksof uniform length to correspond with and engage the pins G and G on thebarrels D and D. This endless belt (to illustrate, commencing at theright in Fig. 2) extends up over the barrel D, then extending diagonallydown to and through thebox N and under the frictionroller J. and thendiagonally upward and over the barrel D, and then extending down in aloop-like form (see Fig. 1) andup to the place of beginning, therebyforming an endless belt, as above described, all substantially as shownin Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4.

I construct the tripping-stem F from alight ordinary rod of iron, andprovide its lower end with a thread, 1, and nuts 2, 3, and 4,

(see Figs. 1 and 2,)and place it in position, as shown, with the upperend supportedin a suitable bearing, so located that the upper end of therod or stem Twill come in contact with the under side of the extremeouter end of the lever J,and with thelower end passing through 10, thatsupports the fulcrum 6, I secure to the casing A with bolts, allsubstantially as shown.

The stem T is adjusted with the nuts 2, 3, and 4, to give the stemTsufficient end or longitudinal movement to elevate the lever J into therabbet Lof the angularlever L. Between the eye U of lever U and the nut2 I interpose a spiral spring 11. This spring 11 relieves the stem Tfrom violent concussions, and consequent injury to the clock-movement bythe passing of trains at high speed.

The stumps WV and W prevent the endless '-belt 0 from becomingdisengaged from the barrels D and D, and the clock-movementsB and F arewound up with akey applied to the stumps y and y.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The time-clock B andindicating-clock F are wound up, and the time-clock isset at correcttime. The hands of thedial a (see Figs. 1 and 3) are set to correspondwith the hands of the time clock B. The pawl J on the lever J engagesand retains the fly-wheel I on the shaft 0 H of the clock-movement F,thereby causing the clock-movement F to remain stationary or at rest.The endless belt 0 is adjusted on the barrels D and D, so as to causethe rod N, with the box N, roller N, and lug N to'be ele- 5 vatedsufficiently to cause thelug N to engage or contact with the angularlever L when the lever L is in theposition shown in Figs. 2 and 3. TheleverU is adjusted with the nuts 7, 8, and 9 upon the bracket 10, so asto cause the Ice stem T to remain at the lowest position, with the nut 3resting onthe bracket 5. The clock movement F is thereby held at restwhile the time-clock runs, thereby gradually running over, with thebarrel D, the endless belt 0; and consequently, as the inner loop of thebelt increases in length, thereby allowing the rod N, with box N androller N, to gradually do: scend by their specific gravity, the lug Nrecedes away from the lever L. As a' train 1 IO passes the indicator therail V is depressed at the point where the lever U is connected. therebyelevating the opposite or long end of the lever U, which, through themedium of the spiral spring 11 and nut 2, the stem I 15 T is elevated,so that the nut 2 engages the bracket 5 and the extreme upper end of thestern T presses up the lever J, and consequently carries with it thepawl J, and is held in this position by the rabbet L, of the lever Lmoving under the end of the leverJ by the specific gravity of theopposite end of the angular lever L. This movement of the lever J I andpawl J releases the fly-wheel I on the shaft H, and thereby permits theeloek-movel 25 ment F to revolve the hands I) and c of the dial a, whichwill continue until the slack of the endless belt 0 between the barrelsD and D is taken up by the barrel D and the rod N is elevatedsufliciently to cause the lug N to 1 0 engage and elevate the lever L,thereby throwing back the rabbet L. from under the end of the lever J,thereby allowing the said lever, through the medium of the spiral springK, to

slack of the endless belt 0 between the bar rels D and D is run over thebarrel D and taken up to the same extent as it wasrun over by the barrelD, the hands I) and c of the indicating-clock dial a will correspondwith the hands of the time-clock B, so that ata subsequent time, whenanother train passes, the hands b and 0 will indicate on the dial a thetimeof the passage of the previous train, and

is again brought into operation to indicate the time the second trainpasses. By these operations the time of passage of the last train isalways shown on the dial a, and may be seen by the engineer and trainmenof an approaching train, and the apparatus requires no attention, exceptto wind up the cloclemovcments from time to time, as may be necessary.Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In railway-indicators, the combination, with the indicating-clockmovement F, with its central shaft, 0, extending to the rear andprovided with a barrel, D, and extending forward from the said movementa suitable distance to and through the illuminated dial a, and havingconnected thereto and adapted to be operated thereby theindicating-hands b and c, of the time-clock B, having its central shaft,'0, extending rearward and provided with a barrel, D, the rod N, the lugN, friction-ro1ler N, thelever J, having attached thereto the pawl J,the retaining angular lever L, and the perforated endless belt 0, alladapted to be operated by the stem T and the lever U by passing trains,all substantially as described, shown, and set forth.

2. In railway-indicators,the combination, with the time-clock B, withits central shaft, 0, extending rearward and provided with a barrel, D,having retaining-pins G, of the indicating-clock movement F, with itscentral shaft, 0, extending rearward to receive the barrel D, providedwith the retaining-pins G, and forward through the semi-transparent diala, and provided with the indicating-hands b and o, the arm I, the leverJ, with the pawl J attached, the angular lever L,containing the rabbetL, the box N, having permanently attached the lug N, the friction-rollerN, the guiderod N, the endless perforated belt 0, engaging the pins Gand G in passing over the barrels D and D, and supporting thefriction-rollerN, the stem T, provided with the thread 1 and theadjustable nuts 2, 3, and 4 and spiral spring 11, and the lever U,connected to the rail V, all adapted to be operated substantially asshown and described.

3. The time-clock B, with its central shaft, 0, extended to the rear,and the indicatingclock movement F, with its central shaft, 0,

extending to the front and rear, combined with the dial a, hands I) andc, barrels D and D, retaining-pins G and G, endless perforated belt 0,fly-wheel I, pawl J, lever J, angular leverL, friction-roller N, lugN,'guide-rod N, stem T, and lever U, connected to the rail V, andadjustable support 6, all constructed and operating substantially as andfor the purposes described and set forth.

4. The bracket 5, combined with the stem T, provided with the thread 1,nuts 2, 3, and

4, spiral spring 11, and lever U, pivoted upon the fulcrum 6, andprovided with an eye, U, to receive the lower end of the stem T, withthe opposite end of the lever connected to.

the rail V, all substantially as described and shown. a

5. The bracket 10, secured to the casing A,

combined with the adjustable fulcrum 6, rail V, lever U, provided withthe eye U, spring '11, nuts 2 and3, bracket 5, and the stem T,

provided with the screwthread 1, all substantially as and for thepurposes shown, described, and set forth.

6. The time-clock B, provided with the barrel D, containingretaining-pins G, on the central shaft, 0, in combination with theindieating-clock movement F, constructed and operating as described, andprovided with a barrel, D, on the central shaft, 0, containing theretaining-pins G, and the endless belt 0. provided with perforations P,to engage and receive the retaining-pins G and G, and the frictionrollerN, all constructed and oper ating so as to indicate to the engineer ofan approaching train the time of passage of the preceding train, allsubstantially as specified and described.

7. The time-clock B, provided with the barrel D, and theindicating-clock movement F, constructed as described, and provided withthe barrel D, and the pins G and G, in combination with the endless belt0, having the perforations P, the rod N, box N, fric-tionroller N, andlug N, all constructedto operate as set forth, and for the purposesdescribed.

S. The time-clock B, provided with the barrel D, and theindicating-clock movement F, constructed as described, and provided withIEO.

the barrel D, the retaining-pins G and G, in

